Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

譯者: Ana Choi 審譯者: Nova Upinel Altesse

As an artist,

作為一個藝術家，

connection is very important to me.

聯繫是對我很重要。

Through my work I'm trying to articulate

通過我的作品，我想說明，

that humans are not separate from nature

人類離不開自然

and that everything is interconnected.

和一切都是相互有關聯的。

I first went to Antarctica almost 10 years ago,

我在大約10年前第一次去南極，

where I saw my first icebergs.

在那裡我看到了我第一個冰山。

I was in awe.

我實在又敬又畏。

My heart beat fast, my head was dizzy,

我的心跳加快，我的頭開始暈眩，

trying to comprehend what it was that stood in front of me.

我試圖理解站在我面前究境是什麼。

The icebergs around me

在我周圍的冰山

were almost 200 feet out of the water,

露出水面幾乎200英尺。

and I could only help but wonder

而我只能想到的是

that this was one snowflake

它整個是由一片雪花

on top of another snowflake,

疊在另一片雪花之上，

year after year.

年複年。

Icebergs are born

冰山的誕生是由

when they calve off of glaciers

冰川經雕落或

or break off of ice shelves.

冰架脫落。

Each iceberg has its own individual personality.

每一個冰山都有自己的個性。

They have a distinct way

它們以經驗

of interacting with their environment

用一個獨特的方式

and their experiences.

與環境相互影響。

Some refuse to give up

有些不肯放棄，

and hold on to the bitter end,

抓住個你死我活，

while others can't take it anymore

而其他不能再忍受，

and crumble in a fit of dramatic passion.

便戲劇性的激情崩塌。

It's easy to think, when you look at an iceberg,

當你看一個冰山，很容易想到，

that they're isolated,

它們是孤立的，

that they're separate and alone,

獨立和單獨的，

much like we as humans sometimes view ourselves.

就像我們有時覺得自己一樣。

But the reality is far from it.

但現實是遠非如此。

As an iceberg melts,

當冰山融化，

I am breathing in

我在呼吸

its ancient atmosphere.

其古老的氛圍。

As the iceberg melts,

當冰山融化，

it is releasing mineral-rich fresh water

它釋放含富礦物質的新鮮水

that nourishes many forms of life.

滋養許多各種形式的生命。

I approach photographing these icebergs

我拍攝這些冰山的手法

as if I'm making portraits of my ancestors,

彷像我替我的祖先畫畫像，

knowing that in these individual moments

知道在這些個別的時刻，

they exist in that way

他們存在的方式，

and will never exist that way again.

並且絕不會再這樣存在。

It is not a death when they melt;

它融化時不是死去;

it is not an end,

它不是一個結束，

but a continuation

而是延續他們的道路,

of their path through the cycle of life.

通過生命循環。

Some of the ice in the icebergs that I photograph is very young --

我拍的冰山很年輕 --

a couple thousand years old.

只有幾千多年的歷史。

And some of the ice

有一些冰

is over 100,000 years old.

超過 10萬歲。

The last pictures I'd like to show you

最後我想給你看的圖片

are of an iceberg that I photographed

是我在格陵蘭Kekertsuatsiak拍到的

in Qeqetarsuaq, Greenland.

一座冰山。

It's a very rare occasion

這是一個非常難得的場合，

that you get to actually witness

可以實地親自

an iceberg rolling.

看到冰山滾動。

So here it is.

看看。

You can see on the left side a small boat.

你可以看到在左側一條小船。

That's about a 15-foot boat.

那是約15英尺的船。

And I'd like you to pay attention

而我希望你要注意

to the shape of the iceberg

冰山在水線

and where it is at the waterline.

的形狀。

You can see here, it begins to roll,

你可以在這裡看到，它開始翻滾，

and the boat has moved to the other side, and the man is standing there.

而船已經移動到另一邊，而該男子正站在那裡。

This is an average-size Greenlandic iceberg.

這是格陵蘭一個平均大小的冰山。

It's about 120 feet above the water,

大約120英尺在水以上，

or 40 meters.

或40米。

And this video is real time.

這個視頻是實時操作的。

(Music)

（音樂）

And just like that,

而就這樣，

the iceberg shows you a different side of its personality.

冰山向你展示了它的不同個性。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）